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Strangles Prevention: Treating Carriers and Vaccine Use, Now and in the Future
P. Ivens
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Strangles is a highly contagious and infectious disease caused by the bacteria, Streptococcus equi subspecies equi (S. equi). It is the most commonly diagnosed equine infectious disease in the UK. It is an infection of the upper respiratory tract (nose and throat) and can cause abscesses in the head region. The disease is spread either directly from horse to horse or indirectly via fomites. Direct infection occurs by bacteria being shed in the discharge from the nose or abscess of an infected horse coming into contact with a noninfected horse. Also importantly disease can be spread from the nose of horses showing no signs of disease (short- or long-term carriers) ...
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Buckingham Equine Medicine Referrals, Buckingham Equine Vets Ltd. Sparrow Lodge Farm, Wicken Park Road, Wicken, Milton Keynes, MK19 6BZ, UK
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